Restraining device.



M. H. HANSEN.

RESTRAINING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 30. 1915.

1,21 9,45 3 Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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M. H. HANSEN.

RESTRAINING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, I915.

1 ,21 9,45 3 Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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BESTRAINING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

Application filed September 30, 1915. Serial No. 53,314.

and while particularly intended for holding a patients arms while on anoperating table,

it is by no. means limited to this use, and

is capable of being employed for many purposes of an analogouscharacter, as will be evident.

The primary object is to provide a navel device which is exceedinglysimple in construction, and will confine a persons arms, so that theycannot be freed by him. At the same time, when confined, they will bemaintained in a normal comfortable position, and will be permittedsufficient play and movement to be restful.

An embodiment of the invention that has proven entirely serviceable isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 as aperspective view illustrating the same in use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of said device.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank, indicating the manner in which it isfolded, and

Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively cross sec tional views on the lines 44and 55 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the. drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, a tapered sheet or section 6 of strong,preferably woven material, such as canvas, 1s employed, and the sidemargins 7 thereof are doubled back over its upper face and the inneredges are sewed to the same, as indicated at 8. This produces a pair ofarm-receiving and holding pockets upon the upper face of the sheetlongitudinally of the same, said pockets having open upper ends andtapering toward their lower ends, said lower ends being closed. Theupper portions of the inturned margins are preferably turned back, asshown at, 9, and sewed to produce reinforcements and also bring the openupper ends of the pockets slightly below the upper edge of the sheet.

Divergently disposed shoulder straps 10 are secured to the central upperportion of the sheet, preferably upon the rear side of the same, andhave suitable eyes 11 in which are engaged the tongues of buckles 12carried by the reinforcements 9 on the upper ends of the pockets. Atransversely disposed strapv 13 is secured to the central portion of theupper edge of the sheet over the secured ends of the straps 10. Thisstrap 13 has a buckle 1d at one end and eyes 15 at the other to. receivethe tongue thereof.

In using the device, the same is laid upon the operating table or othersupport and the patient placed upon the sheet between the pockets withhis arms in said pockets. The straps 10 are fastened securely over hisshoulders and buckled at 12 while the strap 13 is passed beneath thetable and is made fast thereto. It will be evident therefore that thepatients arms are confined at his sides and he cannot disengage themfrom the pockets, nor raise them so as to interfere with the operationor the operator. At the same time not only are they comfortably held,but they can be moved to some extent within the pockets and thus theirpositions changed.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An arm restraining device for patients being operated upon,comprising a sheet on which the body of the patient rests and isunobstructedly exposed, spaced pockets of sufficient length to containsubstantially the complete arms and hands of the patient, extendinglongitudinally along and fixed to the sheet to prevent the arms andhands be ing raised, said pockets having open upper ends, and detachablemeans connecting the upper side walls of the pockets and the sheet andarranged to extend over the patients shoulders for securing the upperportion of the patient to the sheet and retaining the arms in thepockets While maintaining the body unobstructedly exposed for operatingpurposes.

2. An arm restraining device for patients being operated upon,comprising a sheet on which the body of the patient rests and isunobstructedly exposed, spaced pockets of sufficient length to containsubstantially the complete arms and hands of the patient, extendinglongitudinally along and fixed to the sheet to Prevent the arms andhands being raised, the upper ends of the pockets being open and locatedover the upper surface of the sheet on which the patient rests, andshoulder straps connecting the upper portion of the sheet and pockets toretain the patients arms and hands in the said pockets, Whilemaintaining the body fully exposed for operating purposes.

3. An article of the character set forth, comprising a sheet on whichthe patient is placed, said sheet having side margins doubled back andsecured to the main body thereof, thereby forming arm receiving andholding pockets, having open upper ends, and shoulder straps connectingthe upper end of the sheet and the pockets.

4. An article of the character set forth, comprising a sheet on Whichthe patient is placed,.said sheet having its side margins doubled backand secured thereto, forming spaced longitudinally disposed armreceiving and holding pockets, shoulder straps and buckles thereforsecured respectively to the upper portions of the sheet andpockets,

and a table embracing strap secured to the upper margin of the sheettransversely thereof.

5. An article of the character set forth, comprising a sheet having acentral portion on Which the body of the patient lies, spaced armreceiving pockets located longitudinally along the opposite sides ofsaid central body receiving portion and secured thereto, said pocketshaving upper Walls that terminate short of the upper end of the sheet,forming open ends for said pockets located above the surface of thesheet, below its lower edge, detachable shoul der encircling means forconnecting the upper pocket Walls and upper end of the sheet forretaining the arms and hands of the patient in the pockets While leavingthe body exposed, and means for securing the sheet to an operatingtable.

- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWosubscribing .Wit-

nesses. I

MARY H. HANSEN. Witnesses:

BISMARCK SNYDER, CRAY'roN C. SNYDER.

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